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Head of Financial Markets
Full-time  ●  On-site or remote
Head of Financial Markets
Lion's Mane is a pride of hackers, crypto-economists and open-source ideologues currently engaged as a Service Provider for Tracer DAO. The financial system is ripe for disruption and the Lion’s Mane team believes that peer-to-peer, decentralised financial smart contracts will be the most efficient way to conduct financial transactions at a global scale in the near future. Come help build Tracer and the future of decentralised finance.
Overview
As the Head of Financial Markets, you will be an outward-facing representative of Tracer, sourcing and developing relationships with traditional financial stakeholders. You will work closely with our Lead Financial Mechanism Designer to ensure the Tracer protocol is designed to seamlessly integrate with the traditional financial ecosystem. Your contribution will have a direct impact on the direction and adoption of the protocol.
Responsibilities
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Engage with market makers, traditional finance stakeholders and liquidity providers to inform them of Tracer.

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Discuss areas such as Tracer’s state of liquidity, possible hedging mechanisms, and the way to interact with Tracer’s markets.

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Keep up with crypto markets and liquidity and novel financial designs to inform Tracer’s product development.

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Work closely with our Lead Financial Mechanism Designer on RnD to ensure Tracer will seamlessly interact with the current traditional finance ecosystem.

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Articulate a market-making framework for Tracer’s markets, and conduct reflective and up-to-date reporting as to the liquidity flowing through Tracer.

Requirements
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An interest in the design of financial systems, with a focus on creating novel designs from first principles.

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A deep first-principles approach to solving financial problems.

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Extreme fixation on product detail, with the ability to identify adverse effects a-priori.

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The ability to implement and communicate complex mechanisms underlying financial systems in simple terms.

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Thorough understanding of traditional financial structures and markets.

Benefits
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Competitive remuneration with additional incentives tied to project performance.

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Working alongside industry experts and academics.

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Flexible working hours.

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Building something for the future instead of iterating on yesterday's mistakes.

About Mycelium
Mycelium acts as a parent entity for a number of subsidiaries, all dedicated to innovation in the blockchain technology space. Projects developed by Mycelium include Secure Data Links, Chainlink Oracle Reputation, Lion’s Mane and Koji. Mycelium knows that the impact of Web3 will be profound and irreversibly change the future, for the better. Mycelium is dedicated to reimagining and building a world that is permissionless, transparent and decentralises trust.
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